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Anthropic alignment lead admits no superintelligence plan, cites >10% extinction risk

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Anthropic's lead for alignment science, Evan Hubinger, stated that the company currently lacks a plan to address superintelligence alignment and is not on track to develop one. Hubinger expressed a personal belief that there is a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction within the next decade. This statement follows the public resignation of a pretraining researcher who criticized both OpenAI and Anthropic for their perceived recklessness in pursuing superintelligence. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the safety and long-term planning of leading AI labs, potentially influencing public and regulatory perception of AI development.

RANK_REASON An internal employee's statement about company plans and personal risk assessment, rather than an official company release or research paper.

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Anthropic alignment lead admits no superintelligence plan, cites >10% extinction risk

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  1. dev.to — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Breach Protocol ·

    Anthropic's alignment lead says the company has no plan for superintelligence

    <p>Evan Hubinger, who leads alignment science at Anthropic, said publicly on 9 September 2026 that his employer does "not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to," and that he personally puts the odds of AI killing all humans withi…

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